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I came across this a little while ago. It's a study comparing the flex profiles on 13 top end sticks, and the results, if they're accurate, are pretty interesting.
What they did was measure flex starting from the butt end and then moving down the shaft towards the blade. They took the measurements and made graphs, which can be found using this link. http://twu.tennis-warehouse.com/learning_center/hockeyflexprofiles.php
Anyways, the results are pretty telling. For example a Bauer 1X and Warrior QRL have very different graphs even though they're supposed to fill the same performance profile. I love the QRL but I finding it more difficult to use my 1X and this may explain why. It also explains why I've been drawn to the Super Tacks stick. It's graph is more similar to the QRL than the 1X is. Same with the XCore 9.
I was wondering what other's thought. Do the sticks you prefer, if they're one of the 13 measured, have similar graphs or are they completely different?
In case anyone is keely interested, here's a link to a more indepth explanation of what this study did and how they did it. It's got math an formula's and stuff.
http://twu.tennis-warehouse.com/learning_center/hockeyflex.php
What they did was measure flex starting from the butt end and then moving down the shaft towards the blade. They took the measurements and made graphs, which can be found using this link. http://twu.tennis-warehouse.com/learning_center/hockeyflexprofiles.php
Anyways, the results are pretty telling. For example a Bauer 1X and Warrior QRL have very different graphs even though they're supposed to fill the same performance profile. I love the QRL but I finding it more difficult to use my 1X and this may explain why. It also explains why I've been drawn to the Super Tacks stick. It's graph is more similar to the QRL than the 1X is. Same with the XCore 9.
I was wondering what other's thought. Do the sticks you prefer, if they're one of the 13 measured, have similar graphs or are they completely different?
In case anyone is keely interested, here's a link to a more indepth explanation of what this study did and how they did it. It's got math an formula's and stuff.
http://twu.tennis-warehouse.com/learning_center/hockeyflex.php